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‘Earth 2: World’s End’ improves ever so slightly in #14

Earth 2: World’s End #14 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Reffeira, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego & Tyler Kirkham Published by DC Comics Rolling into its second half, Earth 2: World’s End #14 does something …

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Halfway through ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ at #13

Earth 2: World’s End #13 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz Published by DC Comics With now thirteen issues out, Earth 2: World’s End has reached the halfway …

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Back to bad basics in ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #12

After a surprisingly pleasant side step last week, ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ returns to form with scatter shot story and a ten member art team. It’s quite the loss as last issue was a much better paced and tightly focused read and now once again the audience is subjected to a confused mess of a plot with changing art every two to four pages.

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The Flash, Ep. 1.09, “The Man in the Yellow Suit”

The Flash, Season 1, Episode 9, “The Man in the Yellow Suit” Written by Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing Directed by Ralph Hemecker Airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET on the CW In “The Man in the Yellow Suit”, written by Todd and Aaron Helbing, Barry Allen finally meets the man responsible for his mother’s murder. This week, Dr. Wells …

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‘Teen Titans’ television series to film pilot in 2015

The DC television domination continues as yet another property is headed to series with the recent announcement that Teen Titans would get a pilot. TNT confirmed on Monday that a pilot for DC’s Teen Titans characters in a show called Titans would film at some point in 2015. Titans will revolve around onetime Batman sidekick-turned superhero …

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Sleeping through the apocolypse is easy in ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #9

‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #9 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Arty by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham & John Livesay, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Walden Wong Published by DC Comics It’s time to do the regular ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ analysis again …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.08, “Flash vs. Arrow” immensely entertaining and frequently hilarious

We’ve already seen plenty of exchanges between The Flash and Arrow since Barry Allen first debuted in “The Scientist”, but this episode marked the first major crossover between the two shows. The writers focused a great deal on the sheer entertainment in seeing these two heroes square off, and the end result is a fun, lighthearted, action packed adventure that knows exactly what it wants to be and executes it well. As DC and Warner Bros. prep Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice to kick-start their interconnected big-screen universe, “The Flash vs. Arrow” proves their small screen worlds are miles ahead of the game.

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‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #8 is tied up in tie ins

‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #8 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Tyler Kirkham & Joe Weems, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Jorge Jimenez, and Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira Published by DC Comics It feels that for every step ‘World’s End’ takes forward it takes one back. While this …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.07, “Power Outage” a satisfying instalment of the best new series

This week, The Flash goes up against Farooq (guest star Michael Reventar), a metahuman who must harness electricity in order to stay alive. During their battle, Farooq attacks The Flash and siphons all his powers. Meanwhile, Tockman leads a coup inside the Central City police department and takes several people hostage, including Joe and Iris.

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Jerry Bruckheimer is adapting ‘Global Frequency’, a TV series based on the Warren Ellis comic

Warner Bros. and producer, Jerry Bruckheimer (best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, and the U.S. version of The Amazing Race), are taking on the DC Entertainment property titled Global Frequency, a comic book series written by Warren Ellis. The high-profile television project which has landed a pilot production commitment at …

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See 20 images from ‘Flash vs. Arrow’ crossover episode

The CW has been teasing the upcoming crossover episodes for The Flash and Arrow for a couple of weeks, and now they’ve finally released the first images from the episode online. Part one of the Flash vs. Arrow crossover event (which is technically an episode of The Flash) is directed by Glen Winter with a …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.06, “The Flash Is Born” introduces the man of steel

This week in “The Flash Is Born,” the sixth episode of the shows first season, Flash must face one of his toughest villains thus far: Tony “Girder” Woodward, another one of Central City’s meta-humans that was affected by the same accident that turned Barry into the speed demon. Tony is able to turn himself into girded steel, making it nearly impossible for the Scarlett Speedster to stop him. Cisco becomes instrumental as the team struggles to find a way to help Barry stop the super-villain with incredible strength and skin made of steel. Meanwhile, Iris calls much attention to her blog, landing her in hot water; Eddie witnesses Tony’s abilities but naively shakes it off assuming what he saw wasn’t real; and Joe asks Dr. Wells if he can help him solve Nora Allen’s murder.

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Earth 2: World’s End #6 Starts to Get Its Act Together

Earth 2: World’s End #6 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham & Joe Weems, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, Jan Duursema & Drew Geraci, Eduardo Pansica & Walden Wong, with Jaime Mendoza Published by DC Comics Another week means another issue of World’s End. While …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.05, “Plastique” is the most comic booky outing yet

Hot damn! I normally like to write about the events in the episode in the order they happened, but we have got to talk about that ending! Gorilla Grodd is coming! He was teased in the pilot, but in a brief flashback we saw that the gorilla (who is seemingly just a poor lab ape at that point) was at the center of the rift between Wells and General Eiling. Wells telling the sad primate that he has “a very different future planned” is an enticing tease for the most out-there concept of the show yet.

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‘Justice League: Origin’ the worst way to introduce the Justice League

Created as the flagship title of the New 52 and the opening arc for this new era of comics, Justice League “Origin” is a cringe-worthy retelling of the League’s beginnings. Despite having the talented Geoff Johns handling story and drawn by Jim Lee, Justice League “Origin” is a boring and underwhelming tale.

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The Flash, Ep. 1.04 “Going Rogue” will impress the geek core and non-fans alike

Taking into account a DVR playback The Flash series pilot has risen to 6.8 million viewers since it first premiered. That’s The CW’s most-watched telecast in the network’s history. It’s also the network’s second biggest rating ever among adults 18-49. If you count all platforms, the tally rises to 13 million viewers. If anything, “Going Rogue” will only help boost those numbers. With a script that never forgets its heroes’ humanity, and two superpowered set pieces, “Going Rogue” lives up to its hype — and raises the bar for the DC canon. Not only does this episode introduce Wentworth Miller playing one of the Flash’s best-known enemies, but the special guest star turned in a great performance as the famous Captain Cold. And if that isn’t enough to tune in, “Going Rogue” was co-written by Geoff Johns, responsible for his fair share of some of the best Flash comic book stories. Finally, “Going Rogue” is also the first crossover episode, bringing Felicity Smoak over from established hit series Arrow.

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Outrage Over Superhero Casting

Warner Bros Pictures and DC Comics recently released their full slate of upcoming comic book movies through the year 2020. Outside of Justice League and Wonder Woman, two other announcements really stood out. The Flash and Aquaman will be getting their own films in 2018. With The Flash TV show just premiering to great numbers …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.03, “Things You Can’t Outrun” puts the spotlight on the supporting cast

In the third episode of The Flash, ‘Things You Can’t Outrun’, the focus shifts away from Barry Allen to shine some light on the supporting cast and it surprisingly works. Caitlin and Cisco both have more to do than they have in the previous two episodes combined and for the first time in the series, Eddie Thawne feels like an actual character.

Caitlin still suffers from the lost of her fiancé when the particle accelerator exploded and the fear that incident instilled is brought to Barry’s attention. She has been more frigid than her comrades and now we can see why, thanks to a series of flashbacks to that fateful night. Danielle Panabaker does her best work yet in the show and she feels like a woman in mourning, but there is hope of her moving on in her interactions with Barry. Possibly the most important part of the episode is the introduction of Caitlin’s fiancé, Ronnie Raymond, played by The Tomorrow People star and Stephen Amell’s cousin Robbie Amell. Comic readers will know the character very well and his inclusion is a nice treat. Amell successfully sells the character as noble and intelligent and his heroic “death” is the episode’s dramatic highlight. Caitlin tells Barry that Ronnie was funny and evened her out, saying that they were like “fire and ice” (get it, comic readers?).

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Cinematic Universes, the Latest Hollywood Trend

At the end of Dracula Untold, the setting shifts from the fantasy plains of Transylvania to the streets of modern day society with the main character, Vlad, dressed to the nines in a suit and chasing a woman who looks just like his deceased wife. As the vampire walks away with the girl, his master …

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Heroes, Legos and Beasts, Oh My! Warner Bros. announce wave of tentpoles

Warner Bros. held a shareholder meeting Wednesday morning in which they revealed their lineup of tentpole, franchise films up through the year 2020, including DC Comics adaptations of The Flash, Aquaman and Wonder Woman, several previously announced Lego movies and “at least” a trilogy of movies based on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spinoff novel, “Fantastic …

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The Flash, Ep. 1.02, “The Fastest Man Alive” is just so fun

The Flash Season 1, Episode 2 ‘Fastest Man Alive’ Written by Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns Directed by David Nutter Airs Wednesday at 8pm ET on The CW The Flash is two for two. In the second episode, ‘The Fastest Man Alive’, Barry and Joe West’s relationship takes center stage while Barry does battle with the multiplying Multiplex. …

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Batman #35 is Superhero Storytelling at a Mythic Level

After spending a year developing the origin and mythos of Batman, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo turn him loose in Batman #35 and show him at his prime fighting some of Earth’s mightiest heroes. The scale of the comic is huge as Batman battles the various Justice League members, and Capullo’s art shows their might in comparison to Batman’s mortality. The comic opens at the Royal Theatre in Gotham, which has spent lots of money on a special crane so there can be a literal “deus ex machina” in a staging of the Oresteia. Snyder and Capullo stage their narrative like a Greek tragedy giving Batman his own fatal flaw in the story. From Batman #35, it seems that the “Endgame” will be looking at Batman as legend while having many twists and turns along the way. Snyder does a good job showing Batman’s unique contingency plans for stopping the Justice League while Capullo shows them in action from Wonder Woman’s window breaking power to Flash’s crackling super speed. If anything, Batman #35 is an argument for why Greg Capullo should draw Justice League. FCO Plascencia continues to set the mood with his colors from the mix of somber and bright coloring in the theatre to Batman’s shadowy greys and blacks and the various color schemes for the Justice League members.

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The Flash, Ep. 1.01, “City of Heroes” is fantastic right out of the gate

The Flash Season 1, Episode 1 ‘City of Heroes’ Written by Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, and Andrew Kreisberg Directed by David Nutter Airs Wednesday at 8pm ET on The CW There are two very important aspects of The Flash that need that to be addressed. The first is that back in 2012 it took Arrow some time to …

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